 | 1888 - 648 sidor
...indignantly to Dinwiddie : " The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The Virginian press ignored the difficulties which were none of his making, and threw blame on him.... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1889 - 286 sidor
...account here. The supplicating tears of the women and the moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." It is no wonder that the constant anxiety and hardship which he endured undermined his health, and... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889 - 372 sidor
...resignation. " The supplicating tears of the women," he wrote, " and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." This is one of the rare flashes of personal feeling which disclose the real man, warm of heart and... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1890 - 520 sidor
...to my account here. The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." Two days afterwards, he addressed another letter to the governor, in which he said : "Not an hour,... | |
 | 1893 - 770 sidor
...distance. Then he wrote: "The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." And Mr. Lodge ' eloquently remarks: "This is one of the rare flashes of personal feeling which disclose... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 sidor
...promises." — " The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The unstudied eloquence of this letter drew from the governor an instant order for a militia force... | |
 | 1893 - 868 sidor
...distance. Then he wrote: "The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." And Mr. Lodge^ eloquently remarks: "This is one of the rare flashes of personal feeling which disclose... | |
 | Charles Cooper King - 1894 - 306 sidor
...indignantly to Dinwiddie : " The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." The Virginian press ignored the difficulties which were none of his making, and threw blame on him.... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 sidor
...THE INDIAN WARS. The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. 1756. When I consider, that the city of New York will, in all human probability, very soon be the scene... | |
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The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the... 
